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Well, this has been a rather lengthy road to completion but the transmission is basically complete. The car was dropped off by SSP last month to Gintani who should have the motor in by the end of this week. The problem is SSP mounted their trans cooler in the location the heat exchanger for the supercharger needs to go so SSP will need to come to Gintani's facility to re-run their lines as the cooler will need to go in a different location. What took so long for this update? Well, we have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for SSP to send us details on the Viton seals that required 3 redesigns but never received the information on why these seals are superior to the stock units.

So, I decided to do my own research and here is what I came up with. These are the stock BMW seals used in the DCT. What is wrong with them exactly? We do not know other than they apparently are not up to the task:

Here are the Viton seals which delayed the project by 3 months. Viton is a synthetic rubber used for seals, O-rings, things of that sort. Viton was likely used as it is less susceptible to decay and already used in BMW applications such as in VANOS. Viton has much higher temperature and chemical resistance characteristics than the stock seals. Here is what they look like:

This is the DCT cooler that was mounted by SSP up front. This needs to be moved somewhere else as the supercharger heat exchanger will need to go there. This means SSP will need to come out and run their lines again checking all their fluids and so forth before tuning can take place:

This is the final assembly. So, the transmission is built but it took about a year longer than estimated. I believe I was as patient as possible and hopefully this will all be wrapped up in December with a built motor, built transmission, a YSI, and a ton of horsepower.

in 10 months NASA:
On December 14, 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft.
On January 5, 2010, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope's new infrared camera
On January 28, 2010, the Cassini spacecraft made its 67th flyby of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
On February 11, 2010, NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft.
On March 3, 2010, the Cassini spacecraft did a targeted flyby and made its closest approach of the mission to Helene (a moon) at about 1,800 kilometers (1,131 miles).
On March 4, 2010, NASA launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-P.
In April 2010, the Global Hawk Pacific 2010 mission (GloPac) was the first environmental science mission of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system.
On April 28, 2010, the Cassini spacecraft’s Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) tracked Enceladus through a close pass to determine the nature of the interior beneath the south polar hot spot.
In late April 2010, NASA aided the United States' response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
On May 25, 2010, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR), completed an important milestone by achieving “first flight” when it performed its first observations during the night.
On May 26, 2010, data from NASA's Swift satellite have helped astronomers solve a decade-long mystery about why a small percentage of black holes emit vast amounts of energy.
On June 3, 2010, rocks examined by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover “Spirit” were found to hold evidence of a wet, non-acidic ancient environment that may have been favorable for life.
On August 15, 2010, the Global Hawk took part in NASA’s Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) airborne campaign to study how hurricanes and tropical cyclones form and strengthen.
On August 26, 2010, NASA’s Kepler team announced the discovery of the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
On September 9, 2010, data from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Polar Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet’s history and into modern times.
On September 29, 2010, NASA and the National Science Foundation sponsored a team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington to find a most Earth-like exoplanet.

Lame response to a lame question. THE OWNER OF THE CAR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TIME, I find it ridiculous that anybody else would care, let alone tell him how to build his car and what to do about the build. Sounds to me like a fat kid that dropped his ice cream cone.

But you are so $#@!ing wrong, the owner does care! Do you need me to go through this thread and other threads and pull out the dozens of quotes Sticky has made in regards to "if the car is not done there will be he'll to pay"? Sticky has planned on attending and participating in several events dating back to one year ago and he honestly thought his car would b ready for those events and he missed them all. Looks like he is about to miss another one in three weeks.

This is the funniest thing I have read so far. How did I get involded? I though you knew everything. I'll tell you what, I'm just a regular guy, and I'm telling you that I am not impressed with what you have done, or have paid to have done, or what you could have done. I DON'T CARE and I'm sure nobody else does. Your attitude in this thread has been ''look at me, I can do it better'' and you are mad because nobody is looking. How old are you?

I just assumed that you were the guy named Alex from Gintani....You are certainly butting your nose in like you have a vested interest.

I bet we are having the same discussion one week from now, and again after you miss Shift Sector...DCT this and Sleeved that and some build take longer......blah blah blah to you, you're the one that sounds like a broken record with all the excuses, not me, ask the masses, I am sure they will agree.

I agree. I metioned before that people rather than learning and gathering info, they are now simply just waiting. but like Sticky said in response, he doesnt care. Rightfully so i guess since it is his car, time, and money.

Originally Posted by ecampbell

As much as I like to disagree with Sticky...this isn't our fight. His money so his problem (although the very first post here seems to indicate the build would take 10 weeks). That post was 31 Mar 2010 which is about 154 weeks ago.

Damn its been that long. I believe i started my turbo v8 e30 swap in Feb. of 2010. The motor, trans, drive shaft, wiring and everything associated was in, the turbo system built, and the car running by summer 2010. Now yea yea i know its no DCT build and complexity but im also not a million dollar budget company with an entire team of engineers behind me.

LMAO, C BS can't win in a straight line??? I am confident bot cars can spank you but the C BS is not a drag car, it was built as a road race car. You can run the CLK if you want to run me, my weapon against your weapon, what's wrong you affraid of 900-1000whp Sticky? Yep, while Gintani is playing tiddlywinks with your car Wiestec is perfecting and fine tuning the M156 platform builds.

Ya you feel confident. Ok, cool, we will run both awesome can't wait. This isn't a Weistec versus Gintani thing so RELAX.

Lame response to a lame question. THE OWNER OF THE CAR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TIME, I find it ridiculous that anybody else would care, let alone tell him how to build his car and what to do about the build. Sounds to me like a fat kid that dropped his ice cream cone.

To me bench racing is telling someone how fast you car us when you currently have nothing to race. What is your definition?

Calling races with no experience namely with the cars involved when it seems I'm the only one to have that with both setups... making me more qualified than anyone else to discuss how they compare wouldn't you say?

Calling races with no experience namely with the cars involved when it seems I'm the only one to have that with both setups... making me more qualified than anyone else to discuss how they compare wouldn't you say?

So you have experience driving you car with the current setup? Please share!!!

Joe for what it is worth I actually support you on this thread but whilst I know you don't care when your car is done, you should not be giving any stick on how fast your car is until it runs.

So you have experience driving you car with the current setup? Please share!!!

Joe for what it is worth I actually support you on this thread but whilst I know you don't care when your car is done, you should not be giving any stick on how fast your car is until it runs.

Earl , just let him dig himself in a deeper hole, he has no idea what is going on with our cars, just make sure you can get yourself and your car up here so you can spank him at the Byron rental too, I don't to hog all the fun to myself.

Earl , just let him dig himself in a deeper hole, he has no idea what is going on with our cars, just make sure you can get yourself and your car up here so you can spank him at the Byron rental too, I don't to hog all the fun to myself.

If Joe knew what has happened he would be very quiet...

re:phone call last night, the accepted my offer at 120..I said they initally rejected it so i dropped it to 110. Told them. Will show up tomorrow afternoon with a cashiers check...take it or leave I said.

Trying to talk myself into skipping Barrett Jackson and coming out for shift...I hear a BMW won't be done in time so that could leave n extra spot....after t I am up for Byron.

re:phone call last night, the accepted my offer at 120..I said they initally rejected it so i dropped it to 110. Told them. Will show up tomorrow afternoon with a cashiers check...take it or leave I said.

Trying to talk myself into skipping Barrett Jackson and coming out for shift...I hear a BMW won't be done in time so that could leave n extra spot....after t I am up for Byron.

Yes, Joe is going to be very very quiet when he realzes what is going on with our CLKs. I enjoy watching him talk and digging his own grave lol.Little does he know how high the bar has been raised.

If you can make Shift Sector that would be awesome. And keep me posted on what we discussed last night, if you can get it for $100k you are stealing it, $120-$125k is fair market value for that car. Good luck!